Consumers urged to immediately stop using the 3-in-1 and 4-in-1 bassinets, including those with Graco logo and "Winnie the Pooh" motifs

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is once again urging all parents and caregivers to immediately stop using convertible "close-sleeper/bedside sleeper" bassinets manufactured by Simplicity Inc., of Reading, Pa. CPSC has learned of two additional infant deaths since the August 2008 safety alert and recall announcements that notified consumers of two infants who had strangled in their Simplicity bassinets. To date, CPSC is aware of four infants who have died in the close-sleeper bassinets.

In addition, CPSC has received two separate reports involving a 10-week old and a 3-month old whose heads became entrapped between the lower bassinet bar and the mattress support. The infants were freed by their caregivers without injury.

Parents and caregivers are advised to return these bassinets to the retail store where they were purchased. All of the recalled bassinets can pose a danger to infants.

To determine whether your bassinet has been recalled, please check for the model number and the manufacture date code pictured below. Bassinets manufactured prior to 21st week of 2008, "2108" (before May 18) are recalled. The model numbers for recalled bassinets manufactured prior to "2108" are:

3000

3010

3011

3012

3013

3014

3015

3016

3017

3020

3025

3026

3027

3030

3040

3045

3046

3047

3050

3060

3070

3111

3112

343-8363

343-8399

5730

5750

8383

9250

TD2500

The following retailers have voluntarily agreed to recall the product and provide a refund or store credit to consumers who return the product to the store where purchased.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Bentonville, Ark.

Toys "R" Us Inc., Wayne, N.J.

Kmart Corp., Hoffman Estates, Ill.

Big Lots!, Columbus, Ohio

Target, Minneapolis, Minnesota

J.C. Penney, Plano, Texas

AAFES, Dallas, Texas

Amazon.com, LLC Seattle, WA

Bed Bath & Beyond, Union, NJ

Burlington Coat Factory, Burlington, NC

Buy Buy Baby Garden City, NY

Chelsea&Scott LTD (One Step Ahead), Lake Bluff, IL

CSN Stores of Boston, MA

Fingerhut Direct Marketing, Eden Prairie, MN

Frogs and Lily Pads, St. Johnsbury, VT

Kohl's Department Stores, Menomonee Falls, WI

ShopKo Stores, Inc., Green Bay, WI

Sweet Pea Décor, North Beach, MD

USA Baby #47, Overland Park, KS

USA Baby #58, Brookfield, WI

USA Baby #136, Berlin, CT

USA Baby #141, Waipahu, HI

USA Baby #142, Virginia Beach, VA

USA Baby #147, Clovis, CA

Value City Department Stores, Columbus, OH

Due to the life-threatening hazard these bassinets pose to infants, CPSC urges all consumers to share this safety warning with friends, family, day care centers, and consignment stores to ensure that no child is placed to sleep in a Simplicity convertible bassinet covered by this warning.

SFCA Inc., the Reading, Pa.-based company that purchased the assets of juvenile product manufacturer Simplicity Inc. after foreclosure, no longer appears to be conducting day to day operations. SFCA Inc. is no longer answering phone calls or responding to e-mails from consumers.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of
thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the
nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or
mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household
chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.

Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the
Commission.

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